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Join Qaisra Shahraz, a critically acclaimed, prizewinning international author, winner of the National Diversity ‘Life time achiever’ award, celebrate the publication of her best selling first novel The Holy Woman in Mandarin Chinese. She will read from her work, and share her life as a writer and as a Muslim woman. She will discuss her literary tours of China, how she uses her literary work, as a tool, to build cultural bridges and raise awareness about gender, and intercultural issues and her new collection of stories from around the world